Reference:N. P. Giannini. 1999. Selection of diet and elevation by sympatric species of Sturnira in an Andean rainforest. Journal of Mammalogy80(4):1186-1195 [ER 1205]

Geography

Country: Argentina

State: Tucumán

Coordinate:26° 47' S, 65° 21' W

Basis of coordinate: stated in text

Geography comments: altitude 800 to 1600 m

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Climate and habitat

Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 16.2

MAP: 1350.0

Habitat comments: "montane wet forest" with sites specifically in "lauraceous rainforest... mytraceous cloud forest... and... podocarpaceous cloud forest"
there is "a warm rainy season from late October to early April, during which 80% of total annual precipitation occurred"
MAT goes from 18.8 to 13.6 and MAP from 1200 to > 1500 with elevation

Methods

Life forms: bats

Sites: 3

Sampling methods: no design, mist nets

Sample size: 927

Years: 1994 - 1996

Sampling comments: 16 monthly sampling periods with 10 12 x 2.5 m mist nets at each of three sites "operated on 2 consecutive nights... for 5-6 h after sunset... a total sampling effort of 2, 960 net-h"; not every site was sampled every time